Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Saying and Doing

Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out.Italian.

Between saying and doing there is a long road.Spanish, Danish.

Easier said than done.Chinese.

Easy to say, hard to do.

Everybody says it, nobody does it.German, Danish.

From saying to doing is a long way.Italian.

It is better to do well than to say well.Italian.

It is sooner said than done.

Little said is soon amended.

No sooner said than done.

Saying and doing are two things.

Saying well causes a laugh, doing well causes silence.French.

Say-well and do-well, end with one letter,
Say-well is good, but do-well is better.